MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: COMMERCIAL INFORMATION MORNING WITH THE FEC: MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA FACING ECONOMIC OPERATORS
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Consolidation of the permanent dialogue between the Congolese Government and the private sector to strengthen the improvement of the business climate in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the elimination of so-called toxic taxes and promote the competitiveness of the Congolese economy, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya accompanied by experts from the technical services of his Ministry including the OCC and ANAPEX was this Thursday July 16, 2026 in Kinshasa facing economic operators, members of the Federation of Companies from Congo-FEC, through a morning of commercial information.
During this interactive dialogue, the Minister of Foreign Trade gave the advantages offered by the various reforms undertaken in his sector including the total dematerialization of procedures for import, export and transit of goods, the integration of the DRC into global cocoa governance, with the ratification of the International Cocoa Agreement, the ratification of the agreement on trade facilitation of the World Trade Organization-WTO, the construction and digitalization of border posts at single stop, the launch of the Simplified Commercial Regime-RECOS, the safeguarding of local industry with temporary restriction measures and the strengthening of quality control and conformity of goods, with the modernization of the laboratories of the Congolese Control Office-OCC.
On this occasion, Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya invited Congolese employers to take advantage of the business opportunities offered by the markets conquered by the Government including Chinese, British, Emirati and American with the renewal of AGOA, while instructing the OCC to support economic operators in respecting international standards.
On behalf of the Congolese boss, the President of the FEC, Léonard Mulumba welcomed this strategic partnership, while telling the Government that economic operators are not asking for free taxes, rather transparency.
Note that this meeting resulted in recommendations and decisions, with an evaluation timeline.
